CB square

Thinking like a baby

Facial expressions

CB2 innards

Osaka University professor Minoru Asada's team is trying to teach the android to think like a baby that evaluates its mother's countless facial expressions and "clusters" them into basic categories, such as happiness and sadness.

CB square

Thinking like a baby

Facial expressions

CB2 innards

An Osaka University researcher displays the mechanical innards of the CB2, which was designed to function as a 1- to 2-year-old child. The researchers say the robot has the ability to learn, and that they are beginning to teach it to walk--with human help.